A mysterious creature washed ashore a Texas beach after Hurricane Harvey and the internet is buzzing about what the long, rubbery, fang-toothed creature could be.On Sept. 6, photographer Preeti Desai came across a strange sea creature on the shores of Texas City and posted pictures of the species on Twitter in hopes of getting an ID on what it was."Okay, biology Twitter, what the heck is this?? Found on a beach in Texas City, TX. #wildlifeid," Desai wrote in her tweet of four photos of the animal. Quickly, people started theorizing as to what the beast was. Many of the theories identified the animal as a fangtooth snake or "tusky" eel, but others reacted with hilarious memes pointing to fictional creatures.The BBC looked into identifying the creature by a professional and her photos were given to biologist and eel specialist Dr. Kenneth Tighe, who confirmed the theory of it being a fangtooth snake-eel, which is usually found in waters between 30 and 90 meters deep in the Western Atlantic ocean.He also told the BBC it may be a garden or conger eel, because "all three of these species occur off of Texas and have large fang-like teeth."Regardless of the identity of the beast, we agree with Twitter in saying that we don't want something like that to tickle our feet while we're in the Gulf's waters.

A mysterious creature washed ashore a Texas beach after Hurricane Harvey and the internet is buzzing about what the long, rubbery, fang-toothed creature could be.

The BBC looked into identifying the creature by a professional and her photos were given to biologist and eel specialist Dr. Kenneth Tighe, who confirmed the theory of it being a fangtooth snake-eel, which is usually found in waters between 30 and 90 meters deep in the Western Atlantic ocean.

He also told the BBC it may be a garden or conger eel, because "all three of these species occur off of Texas and have large fang-like teeth."

Regardless of the identity of the beast, we agree with Twitter in saying that we don't want something like that to tickle our feet while we're in the Gulf's waters.